Category: Climate Action
Seismic testing destroying South Africa’s sea life
Humpback whale beached at Amanzimtoti Beach
Calling time on fossil fuel subsidies
UN Environment is working with governments to collect internationally coherent data on fossil fuel subsidies that can help advance global efforts to address climate change. Gone are the days when you could fill up your…
Climate Eco-cide and Democratic Eco-Socialism in South Africa
By Vishwas Satgar The end of the human race is a very real prospect in the context of climate change and ultimately a heating world. Global warming at increases of 3, 4 or 5 degree…
DeCoalanization protest – Thabametsi could add 9.9 Mega-tonnes CO2e per annum if DBSA funding is approved
Despite damning reports by independent environmental impact assessments and the lack of need for this project the Department of Energy have pushed ahead with applying for funding from the DBSA. Given that the DBSA themselves…
Big boost in jobs in renewable energy sector worldwide with 10-million now employed
Sipho Kings29 May 2017 original Nearly 10-million people worldwide were employed in the renewable energy sector in 2016, double the number of people working on building solar and wind power generation five years ago. The…
Why perovskite solar cells are so efficient
April 25, 2018, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Solar cells with efficiencies above 20% and produced at low costs – perovskites make this possible. Now, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have gained fundamental insight…
The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has defended the industry’s job creation potential.
16th November 2018 original By: Simone Liedtke This comes ahead of a peaceful march by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), which is planned for November 17, to protest potential job losses in the coal-fired…
Lazard says ‘inflection point’ reached making new renewables cheaper than existing coal
9th November 2018 By: Terence Creamer Creamer Media Editor A new US study comparing the costs of energy from various generation technologies indicates that an “inflection point” has been reached where, in some cases, it…
Sustainable Living
Sustainable living is about making a lifestyle choice that attempts to reduce an individual’s or society’s use of the Earth’s natural resources and his/her own resources. Everybody can contribute to sustainable living and reduce their…
A Very Grim Forecast by Bill McKibben
Original Article Though it was published at the beginning of October, Global Warming of 1.5°C, a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is a document with its origins in another era, one…
